The Ramsay Report

October 13, 2014

Sunday a fabulous sunny, cool, crisp morning! There were 9 people at
the 8:00 am service and 51 in attendance at the 10:00 am service. It
was the Eighteen Sunday After Pentecost. The Processional Hymn was,
“The King Of Love My Shepherd Is” and the Sequence Hymn was, “Your Love,
O God Has Called Us Here.” The Gospel Reading was from Matthew 22:1-14.
Jesus again used parables in talking to the people. “The Kingdom of
heaven is like this. Once there was a king who prepared a wedding feast
for his son. He sent his servants to tell the invited guests to come to
the feast, but they did not want to come. So he sent other servants with
this message for the guests: ‘My feast is ready now; my steers and prize
calves have been butchered, and everything is ready, Come to the wedding
feast! But the invited guests paid no attention and went about their
business; one went to his farm, another to his store, while others
grabbed the servants, beat them, and killed them. The king was very
angry; so he sent his soldiers, who killed those murderers and burned
down their city. Then he called his servants and said to them, ‘My
wedding feast is ready, but the people I invited did not deserve it.
Now go to the main streets and invite to the feast as many people as you
find.’ So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the
people they could find, good and bad alike; and the wedding hall was
filled with people. “The king went in to look at the guests and saw a
man who was not wearing wedding clothes. ‘Friend, how did you get in
here without wedding clothes?’ the king asked him. But the man said
nothing. Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him up hand and foot, and
throw him outside in the dark. There he will cry and gnash his teeth.’”
And Jesus concluded, “Many are invited, but few are chosen.” We learned
from this passage that when we are called, we must be prepared and
accept the calling of Christ. The Communion Hymns were, “My God, Thy
Table Now Is Spread” and “This Is The Hour Of Banquet And Of Song.” The
Recessional Hymn was, “Rejoice, Ye Pure In Heart!”

The Coffee
Hour was bustling with laughter and chatter, once again, of our parishioners
catching up with each other. The Coffee Hour was hosted by “Amana”, as we
cleared out our freezer. There were pastries, cake and cookies for all to enjoy
with their coffee and tea.

The
Stewardship Committee met in the Christian Service Room. Present were Father
Byrne, Karen Friedl, Joe Gonzalez, Claudia Hajian, Tom Ramsay and Kem Rutledge.
They discussed the upcoming Stewardship Sunday scheduled for Sunday November 2nd
after the 10:00 am service. Father Byrne will prepare the letter to be sent to
our parishioners, as well as the pledge cards. He will have Nancy McCarthy print
out the mailing list. It was agreed to meet on Thursday October 16th
at 6:30 pm to prepare and mail out the letter and pledge cards to our
parishioners. It was decided to have the Stewardship Meeting and repast in the
Common Room following the 10:00 am service. Tom Ramsay and Joe Gonzalez will
give presentations about Stewardship and Finances. Robert Earle and Teddy Byrne
will be asked to present a video, if possible, of the Buildings and Grounds and
events that have occurred over the past year. It was also discussed about
offering parishioners about doing online pledges and that will be looked into.
The committee discussed what to do, as far as food, and a menu was agreed upon
and the members volunteered what they would make or bring. Those members not at
the meeting will be contacted.

3rd
ANNUAL GOLF OUTING - Once again a big thank you to Jim Doyle and his committee
for making last Monday’s outing such a great success! The good news on our
profit is forthcoming.

72nd
Annual Holly Bazaar-The Holly Bazaar is a mere 53 days away. It’s not as long
as you think! We need volunteers to make the day a success and to run
smoothly. Please see the sign-up sheet on the Common Room bulletin board. If
you can spend the whole day or just give a few hours, it will greatly
appreciated. It is helpful if you can give time between 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm to
relieve those people who are working the entire day. Also, there is a need for
jewelry and jewelry boxes for the jewelry table, baskets for raffles, good used
items for Elsie’s corner, good used toys and games for the Toy Room and new
items and liquor and wine for the raffle baskets. List for the raffle baskets
will be posted shortly. Thank you!!